Tasks-Space Webquest

Your job is to collect data about your planet. Your crew of astronauts will work as a team to collect this scientific information. You will need to show your data sheet to Mission Control before blast off.

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Pre-flight requirements:

• Know your destination (planet)
• Name your mission and design a patch (badge)

• Namesake (Who is your planet named after?)
• Distance from the Sun (How many kilometers?)
• Diameter (What is the distance across is your planet?)
• Period of revolution (How long is one year on your planet in Earth years?)
• Rotation period (One day on your planet equals how many hours/days on Earth?)
• Moons (How many? What are their names?)
• Atmosphere (What gases are in the atmosphere?)
• Temperature (How hot or cold is it?)
• Composition (What is your planet made of?)
• Other Interesting facts (Special features. Does it have volcanoes, craters, rings, valleys, etc..?)

• Create a Cyber Postcard using a virtual postcard site (contact Mission Control).

• Present your data as a crew to your peers and Mission Control.

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